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Mac: Quadro 4000 or GTX 285?
I have a Nvidia GTX285 as well as a new Quadro 4000. I’ve used both, for the past 3 weeks I’ve used the Quadro, and I like it. However, some of the things I’ve read or hear are that the GTX285, while no longer being produced, is ‘more’ of a card than the Quadro 4000. I know there is a 3 track MPE limit (though I personally haven’t experienced this, though I want to make it ‘limit’ to see if the limit still exists)
I just exported a timeline in a native Prores LT format using the GTX285, and it exported in about the same time as the Quadro 4000. In a Barefeats comparison the GTX285 was actually faster in several comparisons (but not using Premiere Pro.)
I have a few days left to decide to keep the Quadro or just use my old but apparently powerful GTX285. I’m going to use if for a few days on some projects to see how stable it is. When I used it before I though I had problems with stability but unsure if this was just low RAM or other system weirdness. I upped my RAM to 24GB and added some SSD for boot and scratch disks and things are at least cosmetically speedy.
Any advice is appreciated.
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[Keith Moreau] ” I upped my RAM to 24GB and added some SSD for boot and scratch disks and things are at least cosmetically speedy.”
Smoking!
[Keith Moreau] “I have a few days left to decide to keep the Quadro or just use my old but apparently powerful GTX285”
The GTX 285 has almost twice the memory bandwidth of Quadro 4000 (159GB/s vs. 90), half its RAM, similar number of CUDA cores. It also uses more peak power – 204W vs. 142.
The faster memory bandwidth easily explains why GTX 285 is faster in some tests.
If it was up to me, I’d keep the Quadro: about the same performance in Premiere Pro and AME; it’s cooler (literally); should be faster in OpenGL apps, takes one slot rather than two.
Alex
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i have the gtx 28a85 and had purchased the fermi 4000 … i didnt notice enogh of a difference so i sent the 4ooo back
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Guys, do you know if the GTX285 works with Boot Camp in Windows7 on a macpro?
I was under the impression the Quadro 4000 was the only one that worked on a macpro in both OSes
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I have a GTX 285 EVGA for Mac that I want to put in my Mac Pro 5.1 Mid 2010 (latest version),Hexacore 3.33 Ghz, 24 GB RAM, currently Radeon 5870 display card. I am running and intend to stay at OS 10.6.7 because of the problems I have been hearing about 10.6.8 and Lion, and because of incompatibilities with some of my important software.
Some of you on this thread (or any one else) are using the the GTX 285. What display driver and CUDA version are you using? What system software? What would you suggest for my setup?
I called NVIDIA and the support person suggested I start with Retail_256.00.05a23 display driver and CUDA cudadriver_3.1.17_macos released in September of 2010. He said the Mac system would reject it if it wouldn’t work. Honestly I’m not sure how much he knew about Macs. Would love to get this card going, but don’t want to mess up the system. Lastly, what is the procedure for uninstalling NVIDIA drivers if they don’t work? Are they installed in HD Root/System/Library/Extensions for both display driver and CUDA? Any help would be appreciated.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.0.2, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe -
These drivers work fine with 10.6.7 and my setup with the GTX 285 CUDA: cudadriver_3.2.17_macos and Display driver: Retail_256.01.00f03v7 Just thought I would finish this one off.
Jim Wiseman
Sony PMW-EX1,Pana AJ-D810 DVCPro, DVX-100, Nikon D7000, Final Cut Studio 2 and 3, Media 100 Suite 2.0.2, Premiere Pro 5.0 and 5.5, AJA ioHD, AJA Kona LHi, Avid MC, Hexacore MacPro 3.33 Ghz 24Gb RAM 120GB SSD, Macbook Pro 17″ 2011 2.2 Ghz Quadcore i7 8Gb SSD, G5 Quadcore PCIe
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